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ODONTOGLOSSUM EDWARDIL ets. ¢ 
(Myanthium.) Panicula amplissima thyrsoidea myriantha, ramis ramulisque fractiflexis, bracteis triangulis conspicuis ovariis pedicellatis multo 
brevioribus, sepalis breviter unguiculatis ovatis obtusis extus asperis, tepalis subequalibus apiculatis levibus, labello rhombeoinflexo, trilobulo obtuso seu 
apiculato, callo cuneato oblongo emarginato a basi in medium, papulis geminis obtusatis antice intus interjecta carinula, columna trigona retusa, antice 
utrinque juxta basin ovea alata, alis quadratis. 
DONTOGLOSSUM EpwArDII, Rchb. f,, Gard. Chron., 1878, July 20, (x.) p. 74; 1880, Jan. 17, (xii.) p. 72. Hook. Bot. Mag., 1884, 6771! 
Pseudobulbi compresso pyriformes obscure virides, fide exc. Sander biennes, vertice diphylli. Folia ligulata acuta ultra pedalia, in pseudobulbo 
gemina, minora quedam stipantia. Pedunculus atroviolaceus, nunc viridulus, superne amplissime paniculatus. Flores substantia strenuz violaceo purpurei 
callo ochraceo. 
In remotissimis Cordilleris ecuadorianis a meritissimo viatore Eduardo Klaboch peregrinatore Sanderiano, detectum, cui magno cum gaudio dicatum. 
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Icones analyticee, Labella tria varia. Column due a latere, una antice. 
THE rich flower colouring, 
the delightful violet-like fragrance, and the exquisite elegance of growth of this Orchid 
combine to make it one of the most beautiful in cultivation. Among all the Odontoglossa, now numbering upwards of 
eighty species, O. Edwardii stands unique in point of colour, no other possessing such a pleasing harmony of mauve 
and gold as is seen in the finest forms of this species, and, moreover, there are few if any that bear such a profusion of 
flowers on such tall branching spikes. 
It is a comparatively new Orchid, as it was known ten years ago. Its home is on the high Andes of Ecuador, 
at elevations of about 7ooo feet. It is therefore a strictly cool house Orchid, one that delights in an equally moist 
atmosphere, such as suits mountain Orchids like Oncidium macranthum, O. cucullatum, O. nubigenum, O. Phalzenopsis, 
and others. It is one of the discoveries of Edward Klaboch, after whom the species was named by Reichenbach. The 
reason why it is a scarce plant in collections is chiefly owing to the difficulties attending its importation. Its native 
haunts are so inaccessible that a long time elapses before the plants can be brought to the coast. The collected 
plants usually arrive in early spring, but generally a small percentage only are in a sound condition, hence the difficulty 
of establishing this Orchid. 
When the imported plants are received care should be taken to free the bulbs of any decaying matter, and, 
this done, we find it a good plan to hang the bulbs, tops downwards, near the roof in a Cattleya house, or any 
place not too hot and moist. Occasionally syringing the bulbs will encourage them to form new roots. When well 
rooted the plants should be potted in a light compost and then placed in the coolest part of an Odontoglossum or a 
Masdevallia house, but they must not be too much shaded, or a soft, unripened growth will be the result. The finest 
specimens we have seen of this Orchid were grown near a ventilator where there was a continual current of air, and the 
plants were hanging over a water tank so that the air was always moist. These are the conditions that a cultivator 
should imitate. It is a plant that requires plenty of water when well established, and no distinct resting season, though 
during the last three months of the year the plants should be kept drier. A peculiarity of this species is that its pseudo- 
bulbs require two seasons to mature, hence a plant flowers only in alternate seasons. It produces its flower spikes in 
spring or early summer, and they take a long time to develope, but such a glorious display of beauty and fragrance is well 
worth waiting two seasons for. 
From a plant in the Dell collection, by permission of Baron J. H. W. Schroder, 
